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Anna Mehler Paperny

Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

FILE PHOTO: Police officers wait for a search warrant in front of the home of Alek Minassian, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Saul Porto

A man who plowed a rented van into dozens of people on a busy Toronto street in 2018, killing 11, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

Alek Minassian was found guilty last year of murdering 10 people and attempting to murder 16. One of the 16 later died in connection with injuries she suffered in the attack, and a judge said on Monday she considered the woman the 11th victim.

Minassian's sentencing was delayed pending a Supreme Court case on another matter to determine the constitutionality of consecutive parole ineligibility periods.

Minassian will be eligible for parole in 25 years.

(Reporting by Anna Mehler Paperny; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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